Fraud - Alibaba.com sellers stealing from Etsy sellers :(

Attention Etsy sellers:

Alibaba.com and Aliexpress.com have sellers on their sites who have stolen images from Etsy sellers.

I am a victim myself. I found this out the other day when I was googling supplies for my jewelry shop. One of my necklaces popped up under images but it didn't link back to my shop but rather another seller on alibaba.com! This seller downloaded my exact image and posted it in her shop to sell as own. As it turns out, she did this with all of my sports necklaces!

I decided to search the site for other potential thieves and found 5 more shops who did the same thing! :(

While I was on there, I recognized many necklaces that I've seen on Etsy (not just the style but the exact image). If you own a jewelry shop, I recommend you go on these sites and search tags lines for some of your more necklaces.

If you are also a victim, there's a link that you click on "report this image" click on there and follow the steps.

This shop especially had a lot of necklaces that I've seen on Etsy: http://chineseking.en.alibaba.com/
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OMG thats awful, I'm sorry. I always worry about being a "little business" and my idea being stolen. What can we do to make this not happen??
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I'm adding watermarks to each and every picture I have. It's a long tedious process. I also contacted etsy and alibaba but both of them said that each individual seller that was victimized needs to come forward and fill out a report
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